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Chapter 7 Exam
Chapter 7 A+B
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. *Thomas Jefferson’s views on government did not include...
a. protecting states’ rights.
b. promoting agriculture.
c. supporting france.
d. expanding the size of the federal government.
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3. *A voter in 1800 would have cast his ballot against the Republicans for which of the following
reasons?
a. The Republican candidate was a dangerously pro-British radical.
b. The Alien and Sedition Acts were obviously wrong and had to be abolished.
c. The Republican candidate was, because of his interest in science and philosophy, arguably
against organized religion.
d. The Federalist candidate was tall and handsome and clearly a more influential speaker.
5. *Which of the following was a major theme of Thomas Jefferson’s inaugural address?
a. uniting Republicans and Federalists
c. improving the capital’s infrastructure
b. increasing the size of government
d. repaying the national debt
7. *The Louisiana Purchase was significant to the United States because
a. it nearly doubled the size of the country.
b. it helped the United States challenge British power in South America.
c. without it there would be no Marti Gras.
d. it took New Orleans out of Mexico’s control.
9. *French leader Napoleon Bonaparte was so eager to get rid of his American territories that when
America’s ambassador tried to buy New Orleans, the French offered to sell all of Louisiana for
$15 million. Which of the following statements does not describe Napoleon's strategic reasoning
behind this move?
a. France was at war with the British and thought that an expanded U.S. would humble
England’s pride sooner or later.
b. Napoleon needed the $15 million from the sale to reinforce his military in the fight against
the British, France’s greatest enemy.
c. A slave revolt on the island of Hispaniola had dashed Napoleon’s hopes of rebuilding
France’s empire in North America, so he didn’t mind giving up the Louisiana territory.
d. Napoleon wanted to show that Jefferson was a hypocrite about “strict construction” by
making an offer he couldn’t refuse, even without congressional approval.
____ 11. *Which mountains presented a major obstacle to the Lewis and Clarke expedition?
a. the Appalachian Mountains
c. the Rocky Mountains
b. the Sawtooth Mountains
d. the Blue Ridge Mountains
____ 13. *As the result of which activity did the United States find itself involved in the war between
Britain and France when it broke out in 1803?
a. patrolling the English Channel with war ships
b. shipping goods and war supplies to both countries
c. negotiating the Louisiana Purchase
d. protecting escaped British sailors from impressment
____ 15. *The Embargo Act failed because
a. the Non-Intercourse Act limited its scope.
b. the Federalist Party rallied against it.
c. it caused American merchants to lose money and had little effect on Britain and France.
d. Spain replaced the loss of U.S. trade with increased trade in South America.
____ 17. *Why were U.S. officials worried by Tecumseh’s actions?
a. Tecumseh's actions broke the Treaty of Ghent.
b. Tecumseh's actions might have created an Iroquois League.
c. Tecumseh's actions may have been supported by the British.
d. Tecumseh's actions inflamed Americans.
____ 19. *Who served as president of the United States during the War of 1812?
a. George Washington
c. Thomas Jefferson
b. John Adams
d. James Madison
____ 21. *Which of the following explains why the U.S. Navy defeated the British in the War of 1812?
a. The U.S. Navy was larger than the British Navy.
b. The British Navy was more spread out than the U.S. Navy.
c. The U.S. Navy had many new warships.
d. U.S. sailors were more experienced than British sailors.
____ 23. *Which of the following assertions about the War of 1812 is false?
a. It produced intense feelings of patriotism among Americans.
b. It strengthened American Indian resistance to Americans.
c. It produced a boom in American manufacturing.
d. It strengthened Americans’ faith in the democratic experiment.
____ 25. *The last major conflict of the War of 1812 was the
a. Battle of Baltimore.
c. Battle of New Orleans.
b. Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
d. Battle of Tippecanoe.
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I. The Creek War
II. The Hartford Convention reached Washington
III. The Treaty of Ghent was signed
IV. The Battle of Fort Detroit
Which is the proper order of these major events in the War of 1812, from first to last?
a. IV, I, II, III
c. IV, I, III, II
b. III, II, I, IV
d. I, III, IV, II
____ 29. *The first thing the British did after their ranks were reinforced in April of 1814 was attack the
city of
a. New Orleans.
c. Washington.
b. Baltimore.
d. New York.
____ 31. *In the opinion of the U.S., what was the last straw in Britain’s breach of U.S. neutrality during
the British-French conflict?
a. The British stopped and searched American merchant ships to look for deserted sailors.
b. The British stopped U.S. Navy ships to take run-away sailors back by force.
c. British sailors who had run from their naval duties boarded American ships.
d. British boats began to search and seize ships carrying war supplies to France.
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33. *Who said “I have given England a rival who, sooner or later, will humble her pride,” and in
what context?
a. Captain Oliver Hazard Perry, upon the completion of the American warship, the USS
Constitution
b. General Napoleon Bonaparte, about the signing of the Louisiana Purchase
c. an unnamed Spanish official, after trading the Louisiana Territory to France
d. James Madison, when appointing Andrew Jackson to lead the Battle of Fort McHenry
____ 35. *Thomas Jefferson and his treasury secretary, Albert Gallatin, reduced government spending in
order to repay the national debt. Arguably, this policy weakened the United States’ position in
relation to the British because it
a. abolished domestic taxes that could have funded American troops.
b. cut the navy to a very small number of active ships.
c. lowered military spending and reduced the size of the army.
d. limited the national government to several hundred people.
____ 37. *Which statement would not have been made by a Federalist have made in arguing against war
with Britain?
a. “The U.S. Navy is far too weak in terms of manpower and the size of its fleet to fight the
British. Battles at sea would mean certain death. We should avoid war.”
b. “Good relations with the British are essential to the health of New England’s economy.
Better to forge friendly business ties than to fight another war.”
c. “The federal government has yet to pay off all its debt . Let’s not increase the debt by
fighting another.”
d. “The federal government has no right to declare war. That’s for the states to decide.”
____ 39. *What did Commodore Oliver Perry have to do before he could fight the British on Lake Erie?
a. Build some boats.
b. Fine tune his strategy.
c. Enlist the help of the French.
d. Invent the submarine.
____ 41. *After Thomas Jefferson took office in 1801, which branches of the federal government did the
Republicans control?
a. legislative and judicial
c. executive and judicial
b. legislative and executive
d. executive alone
Short Answer
43. *How did the slave revolt in Haiti pave the way for the Louisiana Purchase?
45. *Why was Tecumseh’s defeat at the Battle of Tippecanoe important?
47. *What were three effects of the War of 1812?